Tech start up using magic mushroom extracts to treat clinical depression raises £64million from investors including billionaire Paypal founder Peter Thiel Compass Pathways researching psilocybin, which is found in ‘magic mushroom’ The company plans to trial a synthetic form on patients with clinical depression If it is a success and approved, Compass hope to market … Read more
Economics teacher Cormac van der Hoeven does a fair imitation of a Cockney market trader. ‘Get your Plough Lane Bond!’ he yells at confused bankers at Canary Wharf Tube station. ‘Help AFC Wimbledon return home!’ But the bankers aren’t biting. Cormac, 32, is trying to raise £5 million to help his club play at Plough … Read more
Cyclist Geraint Thomas raises more than £300,000 for the NHS by replicating nurses’ 12 hour shifts on his bike Tour de France winner rode for three consecutive 12-hour ‘shifts’ in his garage Final day diet included rice, chicken, Welsh cakes, coffee and a bacon sandwich He described the last two hours as ‘the hardest I have … Read more
World War II hero Captain Tom Moore has raised more than £9million for the ‘brave nurses and doctors’ of the NHS by marching around his garden on a zimmer frame. The 99-year-old had initially set out to raise £1,000 by walking 100 lengths of his 27-yard garden in Bedfordshire – but he has now smashed … Read more
A Second World War veteran has raised more than £3million for ‘our brave nurses and doctors’ in the NHS by walking around his garden on a Zimmer frame. Captain Tom Moore, 99, set out last Thursday to walk 100 lengths of his lawn before he turns 100 on April 30 – but could finish as … Read more
A Second World War captain has raised more than £2.3million for ‘our brave nurses and doctors’ in the NHS by walking in his garden. Captain Tom Moore, 99, set out last Thursday to walk 100 lengths of his garden before he turned 100-years-old on April 30. He originally hoped to raise £1,000 for NHS Charities … Read more
Having an underlying health condition raises the risk of being admitted to ICU or dying by almost 80 per cent, a study has found. The odds are even higher for those with two conditions, according to research of almost 1,600 hospital patients in China. Overall, 20 per cent of patients with any health condition ended … Read more
Having an underlying health condition raises the risk of being admitted to ICU or dying by almost 80 per cent, a study has found. The odds are even higher for those with two conditions, according to research of almost 1,600 hospital patients in China. Overall, 20 per cent of patients with any health condition ended … Read more
Having just one or two alcoholic drinks a night significantly increases the risk of suffering a stroke in later life, a major study has shown. Experts from Oxford University said their study of 500,000 people finally dispels the ‘myth’ that light drinking protects health. They found that one or two drinks a day increased the … Read more
Donald Trump has raised the prospect of lifting coronavirus lockdowns across the United States, arguing the nation cannot be ‘destroyed’ and ‘we have to get back to work’. The president’s words during his daily briefing Saturday raise the prospect of reopening businesses and services knowing people will get infected. Trump said: ‘We have to get back to … Read more